Fluttered

A letter fluttered to the ground.

During that recent Sunday worship service, the breeze fluttered verdant leaves on the marijuana fields surrounding the grey stone remnants of a sugar mill.

Left tackle Kolton Miller got pushed into Stidham by 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa to force the decisive turnover, as the ball fluttered in the air to Tashaun Gipson, who returned it 56 yards to set up the chip shot.

The Lakers used an 11-2 run to cut the deficit to 11 points before Jokic responded with an off-balance 3-pointer over the outstretched arm of Davis that barely fluttered the net at the buzzer, leaving Davis to trudge back to the bench in disbelief.

His lashed eyes fluttered open, then shut, then took turns opening one at a time, until they both remained agape and even his lips started moving.

Moments later, as the final speaker wrapped up his comments — and as if on cue — what appeared to be a military helicopter fluttered over the Dodd Center plaza.

And even though it was November and all the windows were shut, the curtains and blankets in her room had fluttered.

The flag, hung by Follow the Flag North Ogden, stretched across the canyon and fluttered peacefully in the breeze.

The birds tumbled from tree and shrub into the water, while others fluttered up out of the water to low perches.

The green flag fluttered.

The insect-eaten money fluttered in pieces to the floor.

As bunting fluttered in the breeze above them, the carriage was sandwiched by dozens of horses.

Christy Regis had only recently gone from working three jobs to one when the dreaded “notice to quit possession” notice fluttered from her Stratford apartment door in August.

Either way, Oregon figures to miss out on the College Football Playoff rankings next Tuesday after falling to 6-3 on the season and have to be wondering what lies ahead as their once promising campaign has fluttered in late October.

Hundreds of five-colored Druze flags — rarely seen outside the community — fluttered alongside Israeli flags, and mustachioed Druze elders, wearing red and white fezzes, cheered ahead of speeches by Druze and Jewish leaders.

I watch the flag pass by one day, it fluttered in the breeze; a young Marine saluted it, then he stood at ease…I looked at him in uniform, so young, so tall and proud; with hair cut square and eyes alert, he’d stand out in any crowd.

They also released butterflies with other survivors and watched in amazement as the butterflies fluttered up and away.

He fluttered about happily, quite pleased with the state that he was in, and knew nothing about Chuang Chou.

In alarm the cruisers separated, anticipating an imminent attack, and observers from both ships watched in astonishment as the German battleship fluttered, grew indistinct and faded away.

In the bar we would stand around with our sisters, vada the bona cartes on the butch omme ajax who, if we fluttered our ogle riahs at him sweetly, might just troll over to offer a light for the unlit vogue clenched between our teeth.